MyBikeLane

MIT Campus Police cruiser parked in posted-no-parking bike lane (i.e. doubly illegal), on Ames St in front of the Starbucks. There was no one in the cruiser.

Empty car outside Starbucks

Photo taken at 9:26am Tuesday morning.

Parked in bike lane, car empty.

It's very thoughtful that someone who decides to park in the bike lane went out and got paramedic training first, so as to better help any cyclists for whom they caused accidents.

This ambulance was parked here (outside Starbucks) for at least 12 minutes -- they were there when I went by at 11:30, and were still there (with no one inside the vehicle) at 11:42.

Pepsi truck whose driver decided to occupy half of Broadway.

Last car from this batch. I'm pretty sure this was a New Mexico plate. There was no plate on the front bumper.

When I advised this gentleman, sitting in the drivers' seat, that he was parked illegally in the bike lane, he assured me that he was "just waiting" and that was okay. Uh, whatever.

The second of four cars parked in the bike lane in front of Starbucks'. This one was empty, and clearly illegally parked.

As I walked up to Starbucks to document this afternoon's offenders (parking in the bike lane on Ames St), a fourth car pulled up -- this livery vehicle. When I took the photo, the driver was still in the car, but as I walked down the row taking pictures of the other three cars, he got out and stood on the sidewalk.

I'm not sure this is technically illegal, but it's certainly annoying.

There were about 4 other cars blocking the bike lane but I was in a rush and when I came back the others had left. This guy was there for over 30 minutes.

Starbucks run, once again.

A very typical violation outside of the Starbucks on Ames St.

i don't blame commercial drivers for doing this, but if we make some noise about it being a real issue, we may influence some policy to get them reserved spots for delivery.

They come out a lot in the nice weather.

They just love parking in the bike lane on this block.

This NSTAR Electric truck was idling in the bikelane outside Starbucks on Ames St.

Saw this fire department truck parked here in front of a Starbucks' around noon on May 7, 2007. No one sitting in the cab of the truck.

This block of Ames St. in Kendall Square, outside of Starbucks, usually has at least one car parked in the bike lane (which is *also* a no parking zone, to boot). I guess when the weather gets warmer the drivers get lazier.

The other cars in this photo are MA 15HR65 and MA LV 44207, but it doesn't look like I can attach more than one license plate number to the photo. :-)

It sucks to ride home from a great Mass, only to be reminded of how insignificant we are in motorists eyes.